Map holder



, w. w. WRIGHT.

MAP HOLDER.

0N FILED APR APPLICAT 3,1921.

1,421,883. Patented July 4,1922.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM W. WRIGHT, 0F HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

MAP HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4., 1922.

Application filed April 23, 1921. Serial No. 463,759.

To all whom it may com/cam:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Map Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is an object of this invention to provide a holder for maps and thelike which forms a convenient case adapted to be closed and readilycarried, and also arranged to be conveniently swung open so as todisplay any desired map carried by the same.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe closed map holder, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the holder in open position.

The holder is made of flexible material such as leather, inorder to forma suitable case, which, when closed, forms a convenient pocketbook orthe like for transportation. The case consists of cover leaves 1connected by the back 2 to which the intermediate leaves 3 are hinged.One of the cover leaves is provided with a side extension forming a flap4 so that when the opposite cover leaf is folded upon the intermediateleaves the flap 4: may be folded over the closed leaves and thereby forma closed casing. The flap extension and the opposite cover leaf may beprovided with cooperating means adapted to form a detachable connectingmeans, such as shown at 5.

The intermediate leaves 3 each consist of side walls 6 suitably securedtogether at their top and bottom edges so as to form a pocket betweenthe same, and said side walls are disconnected at the free edge of theleaf to provide a slot 7 through which a map or the like may be insertedin the pocket formed by the leaf. The side walls are provided withwindow openings 8 which extend throughout the larger part of the area ofthe leaves, and as a .result the side walls form in effect simply framessurrounding the window openings, so that either side of the mapsreceived in the pockets of the leaves may be readily observed thoru hthe windows. A map mounted in a poc et of an intermediate leaf. is shownat 10 and transparent protecting sheets of celluloid or the like, and asshown at 11, preferably overlie the surfaces of the map and are insertedwith the same into the pocket. The cover leaves, preferably, also formpockets upon their inner sides, and for this purpose a fabric 13 issecured to the inner surface of each cover leaf, with said fabricdisconnected from the cover leaf at the inner edge of the latter and soas to form a slot 14, through which extra maps or the like, such asshown at 15, may be inserted into the pocket thus formed.

A second fabric 16 is preferably secured to fabric 13 with the inneredges of said fabrics disconnected in order to form a slot 17 for theinsertion of a'map into the pocket formed by said fabrics. The fabric 16is provided with a window opening 18, such as previously described, inorder to display the map contained within the pocket, and said map ispreferably provided with a transparent protecting cover sheet such aspreviously described.

It will be understood that the device may be made up with any number ofintermediate leaves in order that any number of maps may be carried fordisplay, and the maps inserted in the pockets are preferably foldedsheets so that a map is displayed through thewindow opening at each sideof each of the intermediate leaves. The device thus provides a handyreceptacle for maps or the like which will be found of particularutility for tourists, since the case may be either folded so as to forma convenient protecting case for the maps, or may be readily opened soas to display any one of the maps carried thereby.

In practice the various maps showing a complete tour will be displayedthrough the windows of the various leaves of the case, while additionalmaps for other tours may be carried in the pockets provided upon theinside of the cover leaves, and when a tour has been complete themapsmay be rearranged so that the necessary maps for a subsequent tourwill be conveniently placed for use in the leaves of the case and so asto be readily seen through the windows of the leaves.

Various changes may be niade without departing from the spirit of myinvention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A holder comprising a pair of cover leaves and a plurality ofintermediate leaves, each of said intermediate leaves including sidesheets being provided with a pair of pockets walls forming a pocketbetween the same adapted to receive maps and one of said adapted toreceive a map or the like, said latter pockets having a window openingthat 10 wells having window openings therein for is covered by atransparent sheet. displaying said maps transparent sheets In testimonywhereof I have signed my covering said maps and received with the nameto this specification.

same in said pockets and one of the" cover WILLIAM W. WRIGHT.

